Difficult topic and I am really torn by it. When is the right time to "take over" or "continue" somebody's project? How long do you have to wait? What if that person comes back again?
One way or another I want to create a pet battle botbase that does it all, because that is something that is missing when it comes to Honorbuddy. I want to create something that catches all missing pets, trains pets specifically for daily boss fights, does the celestial tournament and so on and so forth. I have a huge feature list here and I was willing to put a lot of that into Presto_Pets. I do realize that sometimes you just need a break, but I also know that a lot of projects simply die when the people creating them lose interest and I also dislike being left hanging without notice. Until Prostak says something we just won't know what's up.
In a few days my own botbase for pet battles will be quite a bit ahead of what Presto_Pets does now and I guess at that point I would just release it. This way he could continue his work if and when he comes back. My own botbase only reuses the pet tactics from Presto_Pets which I designed myself, but it can do the same and a few things extra. I already said in my tactics post that I thought about creating one myself and I have been doing it on the side just to see if I could pull it off. Turns out it is easier than I expected, so I don't see any problems in finishing the job.
I have already applied for the title of Community Developer (but haven't heard back yet), because I would need to put the botbase up in the store. Since my bot is going to do quests, I need to restrict access for german users and the easiest way to do that would be through the store. So that has to happen before I can even think about releasing it.
EDIT: Just saw that I was approved as community developer, so that last point is moot now.
TLDR;
If he doesn't come back, I will release my own botbase which, in a few days, will be able to do more than Prosto_Pets does now.